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Best Economy in 1988: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1988, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ODI
1988
70 entries
1
2.91
Terry Alderman
AUS
0.02 clear of Gladstone Small
2
2.93
Gladstone Small
ENG
0.02 off the lead
3
2.93
Derek Pringle
ENG
0.02 off the lead
● LEADS
Terry Alderman
AUS
2.91 · 0.02 better than Small
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
3.64
The mark at number ten — 60 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
70 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Terry Alderman
AUS
2.91
2
Gladstone Small
ENG
2.93
3
Derek Pringle
ENG
2.93
4
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
3.30
5
Kapil Dev
IND
3.33
6
Malcolm Marshall
WI
3.44
7
Simon Davis
AUS
3.44
8
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
3.55
9
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
3.58
10
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
3.64
11
Maninder Singh
IND
3.76
12
Ian Bishop
WI
3.82
13
Asoka de Silva
SL
3.83
14
Courtney Walsh
WI
3.83
15
Arshad Ayub
IND
3.83
16
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
3.84
17
Tim May
AUS
3.85
18
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
3.88
19
Paul Jarvis
ENG
3.91
20
Ranjith Madurasinghe
SL
3.93
21
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
3.93
22
Neal Radford
ENG
3.97
23
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
4.01
24
Mike Whitney
AUS
4.03
25
Wasim Akram
PAK
4.06
26
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
4.13
27
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
4.16
28
Merv Hughes
AUS
4.18
29
Kris Srikkanth
IND
4.20
30
David Capel
ENG
4.22
31
Craig McDermott
AUS
4.22
32
Willie Watson
ENG
4.25
33
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
4.30
34
Martin Snedden
NZ
4.30
35
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
4.32
36
Peter Taylor
AUS
4.33
37
Winston Benjamin
WI
4.35
38
Steve Waugh
AUS
4.36
39
Abdul Qadir
PAK
4.39
40
Ajay Sharma
IND
4.42
41
Naved Anjum
PAK
4.45
42
Tony Gray
WI
4.45
43
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
4.49
43
Chetan Sharma
IND
4.49
44
Don Anurasiri
SL
4.49
45
Graeme Labrooy
SL
4.53
46
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
4.65
47
Narendra Hirwani
IND
4.65
48
John Bracewell
NZ
4.69
49
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
4.69
50
Roger Harper
WI
4.70
51
Ravi Shastri
IND
4.72
52
John Emburey
ENG
4.73
53
Dipak Patel
NZ
4.79
54
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
4.87
55
Sir Viv Richards
WI
4.88
56
Aravinda de Silva
SL
4.94
57
Graham Dilley
ENG
4.95
58
Stu Gillespie
NZ
4.99
59
Ken Rutherford
NZ
5.00
60
Eldine Baptiste
WI
5.02
61
Patrick Patterson
WI
5.04
62
Danny Morrison
NZ
5.09
63
Athula Samarasekera
SL
5.10
64
Carl Hooper
WI
5.21
65
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
5.27
66
Haafiz Shahid
PAK
5.29
67
Aaqib Javed
PAK
5.46
68
Winston Davis
WI
5.62
69
Imran Niazi
BHR
5.68
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